Richie McCaw’s New Zealand so matter of fact in brushing aside Wales
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• Julian Savea moved closer to a try clean sweep of nations• Dan Bigger helped to ensure home side emerged with credit • All Blacks captain celebrates milestoneTo be hailed as matter of fact hardly seems the most lustrous compliment ever paid. Even the most taciturn of New Zealanders – and there are many who express their everyday devotion to the All Blacks as little more than a grunt of approval – like a little cheer when a course through a period of turbulence is charted.Well, matters in Cardiff were at one stage very testing – and then they weren’t. The world champions were trailing and the…





